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[[File:Babool (Acacia nilotica) flowers at Hodal W IMG 1248.jpg|thumb|right|''Vachellia nilotica'',''Babul'']]'''Acacia nilotica''' is a medium sized, thorny, nearly evergreen tree. It can grows up to a height of 20-25 m. It is a multipurpose tree. It provides timber, fuel, shade, food, fodder, honey, dye, gum and fences. ==Uses=={{Uses|Sexual problems}}, {{Uses|Eye diseases}}, {{Uses|Heal wounds}}, {{Uses|Bleeding of the uterus}}, {{Uses|Liver problems}}, {{Uses|Jaundice}}, {{Uses|Throat problems}}, {{Uses|Stomach problems}}, {{Uses|Hair problems}}, {{Uses|Skin problems}}.
== Description Chemical Composition== Vachellia nilotica is a tree 5–20 m high with a dense spheric crown, stems and branches usually dark to black coloured, fissured bark, grey-pinkish slash, exuding a reddish low quality gum. The tree has thin, straight, light, grey spines in axillary pairs, usually in 3 to 12 pairs, 5 to 7.5 cm Polysaccharide Arabin (3 in) long in young trees, mature trees commonly without thorns. The leaves are bipinnateMixture of calcium, with 3–6 pairs of pinnulae magnesium and 10–30 pairs potassium salts of leaflets each, tomentose, rachis with a gland at the bottom of the last pair of pinnulaearabic acid). Flowers in globulous heads 1.2–1.5 cm in diameter of a bright goldenArabic acid on hydrolysis gives D-yellow colorgalactose, set up either axillary or whorly on peduncles 2–3 cm long located at the end of the branches. Pods are strongly constrictedL-arabinose, hairy, whiteL-grey, thick rhamnose and softly tomentoseD-glucoronic acid. Its seeds number approximately 8000/kgAlso contain enzyme oxidase and peroxidase.<ref name="descriptionchemical composition"/>
== Uses Common names=={{Common names|kn=Babli|ml=Karivelam|sa=Aaavartaki|ta=karuvelai|te=Nalla tumma|hi=Babool|en=Gum Arabic}}
==common name=Rasa===Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Guru (Ruksha)===Veerya===Sheeta (Cold)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha===Prabhava===
== References Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Alternate|Stipulate|Stipules modified into ½ to 2" long straight, white spines, petiolate, compound, bipinnate and paripinnate, pinnae 5-7 pairs.}}.<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Bisexual|2.5 cm long|Bright yellow|4 or 5 petals|Flowers tiny, clustered together in bright-yellow, round heads, Bracteate, ebracteolate, sessile or subsessile. Flowering from July to November}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|Lomentum|Up to 8cm long| A lomentum, pods linear-oblong, glaucous-green, jointed, joints nearly orbicular, compressed, minutely hairy|12-20 seeds||Fruiting from January to February}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==[[Dasanakanti churnam]], [[Tryodashang guggulu]], [[Chandanaadi vati]], [[Narasimha Lehya]], [[Babbularishta]], [[Madanakameshwari Lehya]], [[Loha Rasayanam]].
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/> ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}} ==How to plant/cultivate==Seeds are generally directly sown, seeds may require scarification.<ref name="Cultivation details"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Wild forest area}}, {{Commonly seen|Dry arid area}}, {{Commonly seen|Agricultural land}} ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Vachellia nilotica, Village Behlolpur, Punjab, India.JPG|thumb|Whloe treeFile:Vachellia nilotica, at village Chaparr Chirri, Mohali, Punjab, India.JPG|Whole treeFile:Acacia-nilotica.jpg|LeafFile:Acacia nilotica, peule, a, Uniegeboutuine.jpg|FruitsFile:Gum Arabic exuding.jpg|StemFile:Babool (Acacia nilotica) trunk at Hodal W IMG 1252.jpg|BarkFile:Acacia nilotica-5-yercaud-salem-India.jpg|PodsFile:Babul IMG 6881.jpg|Flowers</gallery> ==References== <references><ref name="common nameschemical composition">[http://www.flowersofindiayourarticlelibrary.netcom/biology/catalogcarbohydrates/slidesacacia-sources-constituents-and-uses/Babool.html "Flowers of India"49562 Chemical constituents]</ref><ref name="descriptionLeaf">[http://www.faoefloraofgandhinagar.orgin/docreptree/006/Q2190E/Q2190E10.htm "Handbook on Seeds of Dryacacia-zone Acacias FAO"nilotica Morphology]</ref><ref name="usesCultivation details">[https://bookshort.purdue.googleedu/newcrop/duke_energy/Acacia_nilotica.comhtml Cultivation details]</books?idref><ref name=CfDcl2m"Ayurvedic preparations">"Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume -6BMC&pg2" by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.318, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru. </ref><ref name=PA7&dq=%22acacia+longifolia%22+uses "Select extraParts Used">Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume -tropical plants readily eligible for industrial culture or naturalization"]2 by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No. 314</ref>
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== External Links ==* [https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Acacia-Nilotica-Cid1297 Acacia nilotica-uses, benefits, sideeffects, nutrients]
*[https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/11945238/acacia-nilotica-subsp-nilotica-fabaceae-mimosoideae-world- Acacia nilotica on yumpu]* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.wikipedianih.gov/pubmed/22581332 In vivo and in vitro effect of Acacia nilotica seed proteinase inhibitors on Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) larvae]* [https://www.feedipedia.org/wikinode/Vachellia_nilotica Vachellia 346 Acacia nilotica -Wikipediaon feedipedia.org]
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